Omaha daily bee., 1887-07-31

box in which the other goods were packed.
and retained until directions for shipping
were forwarded. But the silk was TO be
charged in the invoice. They would claim
been aDstrsctsd and would produce the in.
voice TO substantiate their claim. They would
swear TO the Invoice too. This thing went on
until the company grew suspicious because
one one. or two men would always be short we we
covered how the neat little same was worked.
There are dozen other similar schemes for de-
frauding the railroads, but we get on TO them
more quickly than we used to do.
A Curious Exhibit.
WASHINGTON, July 30-lSpeciai to the
BEE. Among the many attractive features
OF the National museum there Is none which
Is more interesting to the hundreds Of visi-
tors who enter the building daily than the
recently opened case of component parts Of
tho human body" Not only the scientific
visitors, but all who there ars at once taken
UP with this portion Of the exhibit The
case stands In the west hall of the building
and is about ten feet long by five feet high.
In 1t are several huge lars containing chem
icals in the preparation Of which
they form the human body.
No one unfamiliar with human chemistry
and anatomy would believe for . moment
that all those various substances are to be
found In one human being. But although
he contents of the jars excite wonder the
immense carbon cubic which forms the cen.
ter piece of the exhibit is the one thing which
few people can understand. This cubic IS
about fourteen inches on each face and as it
y as black as any other piece of charcoal the
unscientific On-lOOker generally gives vent to
the opinion that 1t never came from the NOR
tai remains of any white man. Ode Of the
Jars referred to contains gallon or more of
chloric gas. A short time ago number of
visitors from the rural districts Of Maryland
were viewing the contents of the case
sss noise snd Ssp% Sssp0dsS tSe oansr wn ont 0Ss
the bottle, There, were . number Of sign
cards inside the glass walls which were at
tached with small brass nails. These cards
were originally light buff color. Within a
bleached perfect white The brass nails
were also affected and each of them now has
head covered with verdisrls. This incident
mas attracted the attention of the authorities
combustible chemicals to be exhibited in a
room where there might be serious confia-
grafton. 1t is probable that hereafter danger
OF this kind will be avoided by the substitu-
ton of models of the solids and cOlored water
or glass for the liquid and gaseous exhibits.
A Military Reservation.
WASHINGTON, July 3O.-lSpecial to the
BEE. "A movement is on foot to induce con-
gress Mt the coming session to provide for
the purchase of large tract of land on the
Virginia shore of the Potomac for grand
military reservation on different scale from
any which has been contemplated in the
past. Land in Virginia, within q very few
miles OF Washington, can be purchased at
astonishingly low figures at the present time.
There are thousands of acres offered for sale
at prices ranging from S. to 81 an acre. 1t
Is believed that the day will come
wi when ,.,,,t;, there will be national mill
States. When that day arrives it will bO nee
essary to have mastering ground for the
citizen sodiery and 1t is with this idea in
view that the present movement is inauger-
hundred acres across the Potomac. This
tract Is embraced in the Arlington estate.
and the cavalry station known as Fort Mayer.
800 acres could undoubtedly be secured near
and the acquisition would furnish a grand
place for military manuvers.
More Complaints of Discrimina
WASHINGTON, July 30.-COmplaint has
been received by the Interstate commerce
commission signed by the manager of the
Merchants Freight bureau. of New York, on
Uoiidei III ool ucICiiautS OI Ll0 SLaueS OF
Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania and Delaware, that the present classi-
fication in use for west-bound traffic by the
New York Central, Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western, Pennsylvania Baltimore & Ohio
and Erie railway companies, as regards the
unjust differences now made in classification
and freight CHARGES between carloads and
less than carloads on the same articles be-
tween the same points, is in violation of the
sections of the Interstate law fOrbidding
undue preferences to individuals or localities.
The complaint ask for the restoration of the
principal of uniform rates without regard to
quantity, which was In force from the sea-
board for twenty years previous to April,
1887.
Pensions Granted.
WASHINGTON, July y30.-[Special Telegram
to the BEE.l-The following pensions were
granted to Nebraskans to-day: Mary E.,
widow of Geo. w. Morris, Grafton; Eman-
uel Mcttinger, st. Paul; Jno. Reid. Grand
Island; w. j. Richardson, Gordon: j. b.
Morton, Nebraska City; Jos. Kimball.
StrOmsburg; r. F. Morris, Columbus.
Iowa: Catherine Barbara, minor Fred X.
Meir, Dubuque; minor Vim. A. BOylan, Du-
buaue: j. Nj. Thompson, Leon: r. +. Need,
Alton; j. A. Hill. Warsaw; J. M. Ferris,
Frederick; A. b. Shipman, r. j. Cownready,
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